Daddy Boats first Marlin
Ok, i have finally caught a marlin on Daddy Boat and it was a complete solo effort, in driving, catching and trying to take photos of the thing!!
Well as usual i couldn't find a deckie so off i went on a solo trip. I went out of tanda's looking for new ground with a couple of big baits hanging out the back!. Drove around for about a hour and a half only to raise one billie with no luck of a bite!! So i decided to go home and in about 85m coming to the passage it was ooonnn!!
I fought the beast for 2 hours , trying to drive the boat , get some proof and reel the beast in.. what a laugh!! I tried to get it close enough to cut him off but after about 10 bog laps of the boat he finally cut himself off on the prop!! what an experience!!
I have now been called mad for even attempting to do it on my own, but hey no deckie doesnt mean no go!!
Went out a week to the day and saw a bigger one and it smashed my teaser up before disappearing into the blue!!
SO NEED A CREWIE!!!!
The marlin is a blackie and it was estimated at about 180kgs!! not bad for a solo effort. Sorry the pics are not the best , they were one handed and im going to install a mounted one..lol.
deepwater
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just when you think you have
just when you think you have gone deep enough go deeper
till
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Sounds like a tough juggling
Sounds like a tough juggling act: angler, photographer, deckie and skipper!
deepwater
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I would put up more photos
I would put up more photos but i couldn't do it.
Thats the problem of living in Exmouth.. not enough people to deckie for ya!!
just when you think you have gone deep enough go deeper
Eldwin
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That's insane. Driving,
That's insane. Driving, fighting and taking photo. LOL. Top effort! :D
carnarvonite
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Good one
Finally we get to see a pic of the fish that I've heard about for each day for the last 3 weeks,those phone calls must have cost you a fortune!!!!lol
Good one Jeff,may there be many more
roberta
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Excellent. pity about the no deckie
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well done, thats one awsome
well done, thats one awsome feat, and women say us blokes cant do more than 1 thing at a time
just need to resize your pic mate as we cant see the whole fish
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Colin Hay
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Top stuff That's a mightyy effort out on your Pat Malone
Not enough Deckies. Another good reason to move to Exmouth.
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mitch
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nice work, great effort,what
nice work, great effort,what gear did you get him on ,lure colour even
always in it just the depth that varies
deepwater
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Thanks gents for the comments, mitch, i caught him on a small mackie bait with a circle hook, 24kilo line on a shimano tyrenos 30. got to with in a 100m of spooling on his first run.
Could definately use more fishwrecked crew here, even just for deckie jobs and a drink or 10 ....haha.
There are still more photos coming, im just learning to put them up.
Jeff
just when you think you have gone deep enough go deeper
Paul G
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Top stuff, not easy on your
Top stuff, not easy on your own on any fishing trip. But you have the pic and the memory in your head and that is a good feeling in its own .Well done and lets hope next time there's a deckie around ..
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PACEMAKER
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Well done mate, thats one
Well done mate, thats one top effort. Something that big would not leave much energy for the cruise back to land. Mind you the adrenalin rush must have been huge.
Again top effort
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Rosco
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awesome effort
Awesome effort mate. Great to get some picks with no witnesses...It would have made for a good story but you have the picks to prove it. Must have been amazing to have to do it all solo.
Rosco